📢 Call for Papers! Together with @chrbuettner.bsky.social, we present a new article collection, "Social Processes from a Cultural Perspective" in Social Influence. Deadline: 26 Feb 2027. We especially welcome work beyond Western samples! 👇 think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...

Ostracism isn’t just a lab phenomenon, it’s part of daily life. To understand everyday occurrences of ostracism better, research has to move into daily life, too. Open Access paper: doi.org/10.1080/0022... 🧵

Moving ostracism research from the lab into daily life using experience sampling

Ostracism is a common yet profoundly impactful everyday experience with severe consequences for the affected individuals. Traditional methods like experiments or surveys typically fall short in cap...

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#EASP2026 Pre-Conference “Navigating Social (Dis)Connection: New Perspectives on Exclusion, Stigma, and Solitude” in Strasbourg 🇫🇷 (June 30)! 🎤 Share your research on exclusion, stigma, loneliness, solitude, or belonging! 🗓 Jan 5, 2026 info: disconnectionpreconference.wordpress.com #SocialPsych

🌐Online First Publication: Latikka et al.’s cross-national study explores who turns to AI chatbots for friendship and how factors like loneliness, well-being, and tech attitudes shape their use across 6 European countries. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #SocialPsychology #ResearchPublishing

Individual and well-being factors associated with social chatbot usage: A six-country study - Rita Latikka, Jenna Bergdahl, Iina Savolainen, Magdalena Celuch, Atte Oksanen, 2025

An increasing number of people are engaging with artificial intelligence–based conversation agents such as social chatbots. The aim of this study was to investi...

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I am so happy and honored to receive this year's SAGE Emerging Scholar Award! 🎉 Immensely grateful to @spspnews.bsky.social, and huge congratulations to all awardees!! 👏

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SPSP is excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 SAGE Emerging Scholar Award! Congratulations to @chrbuettner.bsky.social, Ivan Hernandez, Erin Hughes, @niclaskuper.bsky.social, Katherine Lawson, @joelleforestier.bsky.social, and Zachary Witkower! Learn more: ow.ly/Vff550WY7hH

📣 Call for unpublished studies on discrimination of bisexual people! ⬇️ Please see the full call below We are very grateful for all contributions! #SocialPsych #PsychSciSky

When does waiting for a reply turn into #ghosting? 👻💬 @sarahlutz.bsky.social and I introduce response delay tolerance: the amount of time someone is willing to wait for a response in #online messaging before feeling ignored. 🧵 image: SORA

I am beyond excited to start my @snsf.ch PostdocMobility project with Prof Greg Walton @stanford.edu ! In the project we will look at how people think about their social energy 🔋🪫 and how to utilize those beliefs to make social interactions more positive and meaningful! #SocialPsych #PsychSciSky

📊Research shows people get excluded for two main reasons: breaking group norms or seeming unable to contribute. But researchers report that exclusion decisions are strategic, not just about disliking someone. Follow SPSP for more #EverydayPsych insights: ow.ly/sY2I50VVCa1

📢 New article! What happens when a message gets deleted before you can read it? 🧐📱

🎉 Together with @sarahlutz.bsky.social: New paper out in Computers in Human Behavior Reports! We asked: After being excluded online or offline do people cope by staying in the same space or by escaping it? 🧵: 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...

🚨 New paper out in Journal of Affective Disorders, with @bogatyreva-nat.bsky.social, @chrbuettner.bsky.social, and Rainer Greifeneder! How are depression and anxiety linked to ostracism? Turns out, it’s a two-way street. Open access: 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... 🧵👇

🗞️ Have we misunderstood narcissists? The Independent covers recent research by @chrbuettner.bsky.social, @ealbath.bsky.social, @selmarudert.bsky.social and colleagues. Check it out here ⬇️ www.independent.co.uk/life-style/n...

Have we misunderstood narcissists?

As a new study sheds light on an under-discussed aspect of narcissism, Olivia Petter asks if we’ve been getting it wrong this whole time – and what the consequences of that might be

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Why do narcissists report being ostracized more often? In Journal of Personality and Social Psychology @apajournals.bsky.social w/ @selmarudert.bsky.social @ealbath.bsky.social CSibley RGreifeneder, we examine the link between #narcissism & #ostracism. 🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/... A🧵:

(PDF) Narcissists' Experience of Ostracism

PDF | Ostracism—being excluded and ignored—has severe, negative consequences. What is less clear is why some individuals become frequent targets of... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

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@easpinfo.bsky.social EASP is moving from X to LinkedIn Please EASP, be sure to *start using Bluesky*. MANY of us are here now. #SocialPsychology #PsychSciSky

📢 Publication Alert! Excited to share that our latest research, co-authored with @chrbuettner.bsky.social, has just been published! 🎉 #MediaPsychology 🔓 #OpenAccess via: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“This Message was Deleted”: The Psychological Consequences of Being Out of the Loop During Messenger Use

Many messenger services, such as WhatsApp or Snapchat, offer the option of deleting messages after they have been sent, leaving a so-called delete notification in the chat. Especially in group chat...

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New #OpenAccess paper in Social Influence! @ealbath.bsky.social R Greifeneder, and I studied how #culture shapes perceptions of #phubbing, feeling ignored when someone uses their phone, in six countries: 🇮🇳 🇰🇪 🇻🇪 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 & 🇬🇧 (flag test 😉)! Read here: doi.org/10.1080/1553... #SocialPsych #PsychSciSky

Cultural differences in perceiving co-present phone use as phubbing: Evidence from six countries

Phubbing is feeling excluded and ignored by someone using a phone during a face-to-face interaction. Phubbing has mostly been investigated in Western samples. However, culture likely shapes whether...

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Why do people react so differently to being left out? 💔 Check out my #scicomm article for @psyche.co on how #ostracism affects us and what drives our varied responses: reaching out, backing out, or lashing out. Read here: psyche.co/ideas/why-be... #SocialPsyc #PsychSciSky

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 I am the new Associate Editor for Special Issues at @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social and I could not be more excited to be in the role! We're looking for Guest Editors to propose potential special issues! Read all about what that means at the link below! #SocialPsych #PsychSky 1/n

What drives conspiracy beliefs? 📊 Feeling less control or less connected predicts increases over time—surprisingly, so does more meaning in life. New research tracking 4 years of data: 🔗 Read more in our open-access paper ⬇️ #SocialPsychology

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What leads people to believe conspiracies? New research tracking four years of data reveals surprising patterns: feeling less connected to others or less in control, while finding more meaning in life, often came before increased belief in conspiracies. Read more in #PSPB: ow.ly/BRHH50UrNmv

📢 Taking the opportunity to cross-share: "Ostracism in Everyday Life: A Framework of Threat and Behavioral Responses" published in JPSP on the day of my PhD defense - talk about timing! 🔗 doi.org/10.1037/pspi... with @dongningren.bsky.social, O. Stavrova, S. Rudert, K. Williams, & R. Greifeneder

Hello Bluesky!! 🦋 Expanding my horizons: You can now find me on both Bluesky and Twitter @ChrBuettner. Same thoughts, slightly different skies! 🌤️ #socialpsy #socialpsychology